DISCOVER YOUR TRUE COLORS (Select one group member to read)
Strengths as a Leader:
Thrives on action, likes variety
Welcomes change and will take risk
Flexible, practical diplomat
Deals quickly with concrete problems
Pitfalls as a Leader:
Hard to predict
Impatient with theory and abstraction
Shoots from the hip
Ignores the past and its implications for the future
Needs as a Leader:
Staff who can follow-up and implement details
Learns Best by:
Doing, using tools, being "on-stage," immediate results, hands-on
Abilities:
Immediate response to problems
Open and flexible style
Strong reality base
Irritations at Work:
Restrictions
Being told how to work
Doing "it" - "The way it has always been done."
Preferences:
Active environment
Teacher is active
Teacher is facilitator
Hands-on
Animated, entertaining
Variety
No dittos or busy work
Independent work
Being a part of planning
Don't talk down to us
Negotiated rules within a framework
Purposeful learning
SMALL GROUP SHARE
Share one example of how your true color has contributed to a strength or pitfall in your leadership
LARGE GROUP SHARE
What should others know about the needs and preferences of working with and interacting with your color? Provide one or two specific examples.
True Colors - Orange
DISCOVER YOUR TRUE COLORS
(Select one group member to read)
Strengths as a Leader:
Thrives on action, likes variety
Welcomes change and will take risk
Flexible, practical diplomat
Deals quickly with concrete problems
Pitfalls as a Leader:
Hard to predict
Impatient with theory and abstraction
Shoots from the hip
Ignores the past and its implications for the future
Needs as a Leader:
Staff who can follow-up and implement details
Learns Best by:
Doing, using tools, being "on-stage," immediate results, hands-on
Abilities:
Immediate response to problems
Open and flexible style
Strong reality base
Irritations at Work:
Restrictions
Being told how to work
Doing "it" - "The way it has always been done."
Preferences:
Active environment
Teacher is active
Teacher is facilitator
Hands-on
Animated, entertaining
Variety
No dittos or busy work
Independent work
Being a part of planning
Don't talk down to us
Negotiated rules within a framework
Purposeful learning
SMALL GROUP SHARE
Share one example of how your true color has contributed to a strength or pitfall in your leadership
LARGE GROUP SHARE
What should others know about the needs and preferences of working with and interacting with your color? Provide one or two specific examples.
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